54 - Earl "Butch" Graves, Jr., Black Enterprise CEO: An American Brand In A New Generation
Fortt Knox25 Nov 2017

54 - Earl "Butch" Graves, Jr., Black Enterprise CEO: An American Brand In A New Generation

Growing up in the black community in Brooklyn and Washington, D.C. in the ‘70s and ‘80s, there were a few things you'd take for granted: We learned Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing, also known as the Negro National Anthem, in school. We learned there was practically nothing George Washington Carver couldn’t do with a soybean. And a middle class black family was likely to have at least four magazines in the house: Ebony and Jet, of course. And if they were a little fancy, Essence and Black Enterprise. These days, magazines aren’t what they used to be. Like many digital publishers, Black Enterprise is undergoing a reinvention, becoming less a publication and more a live events business. Back in October I interviewed Intel's CEO at a Black Enterprise tech event outside San Francisco – an event that showcased the brand's push to evolve beyond the printed page. Earl Graves, Jr. -- he's known as "Butch" -- is the son of the founder of Black Enterprise. Now he's the CEO. I sat down with him to talk about how the brand was born, how it's trying to evolve in a digital world, and what the future looks like for minority entrepreneurs.


Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Episoder(147)

147 - New Life for Fortt Knox on LinkedIn and YouTube. See You There!

147 - New Life for Fortt Knox on LinkedIn and YouTube. See You There!

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonfortt/detail/recent-activity/https://www.youtube.com/c/forttknoxI should have posted this way earlier, but I've been getting questions. Here's the skinny: Fortt Knox is ...

26 Sep 20202min

146 - AWS CEO Andy Jassy on JEDI, the Cloud's Future and More

146 - AWS CEO Andy Jassy on JEDI, the Cloud's Future and More

In the late 1990s, Andy Jassy pitched a wild idea to his boss and mentor, Jeff Bezos: What if Amazon developed another business, delivering computing power and storage . Two decades later, it stands a...

7 Des 201945min

145 - Trump and Apple’s CEO Talk Business in Texas

145 - Trump and Apple’s CEO Talk Business in Texas

A walk to remember. Apple CEO Tim Cook and President Donald Trump in Texas this week, and it’s a high stakes photo op. They’re at the factory in Austin Texas where Apple’s Mac Pro computer is assemble...

23 Nov 201929min

144 - A Fresh Look at Design: Melanie Perkins, co-founder and CEO of Canva

144 - A Fresh Look at Design: Melanie Perkins, co-founder and CEO of Canva

I was on the road this week, doing a little tour of California. Three cities in three days. San Francisco Monday, L.A. Tuesday, San Diego Wednesday. Adobe’s MAX conference was this week in LA, where t...

10 Nov 201919min

143 - Microsoft JEDI: The Empire Strikes Back; with Morgan Brennan

143 - Microsoft JEDI: The Empire Strikes Back; with Morgan Brennan

It's the biggest single cloud contract … possibly ever. Definitely the most talked about. The Pentagon's Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract. JEDI, going to: Microsoft late last week. The...

2 Nov 201925min

142 - Mr. Zuckerberg Goes to Washington: with John Stanton and Farhad Manjoo

142 - Mr. Zuckerberg Goes to Washington: with John Stanton and Farhad Manjoo

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in Washington this week arguing for Libra, the digital currency his company created and wants to build around. This after he last week made the case in front of an audienc...

26 Okt 201926min

141 - Tech's Free Speech Challenge

141 - Tech's Free Speech Challenge

Tech just can’t get away from politics.  Senator Elizabeth Warren has a bone to pick with Facebook. Mainly its standards for political ads. After Facebook refused to take down a Trump Campaign ad that...

19 Okt 201926min

140 - Savings and Startups: Credit Carma CEO Ken Lin; Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman

140 - Savings and Startups: Credit Carma CEO Ken Lin; Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman

It’s hard to save money these days – and I’m not talking about the new phones and earbuds that come out this time of year and tempt you to spend. Interest rates are really low. Which is great if you’r...

13 Okt 201942min

Populært innen Business og økonomi

stopp-verden
lydartikler-fra-aftenposten
dine-penger-pengeradet
rss-penger-polser-og-politikk
e24-podden
rss-borsmorgen-okonominyhetene
livet-pa-veien-med-jan-erik-larssen
tid-er-penger-en-podcast-med-peter-warren
pengesnakk
finansredaksjonen
utbytte
pengepodden-2
rss-sunn-okonomi
morgenkaffen-med-finansavisen
lederpodden
stormkast-med-valebrokk-stordalen
liberal-halvtime
rss-markedspuls-2
lederskap-nhhs-podkast-om-ledelse
arcticpodden